Executive Director
Amy is a proud Co-founder of BurlingtonGreen, serving as the Executive Director where she advances the organization’s mission through strategic development, systems-thinking and a solution-focus. Leading the team with a passionate ‘we can do this’ commitment, she is honoured to contribute to the collective efforts of the global environmental movement. Amy also serves on the Bay Area Climate Change Council and is a Climate Reality Project Leader.
She has dedicated the past 35 years of her life to environmental education, protection and justice beginning at Trent University where she studied Environmental Science, Geography & Indigenous Studies. This blend of knowledge served her well as she went on to dedicate twenty years of her career to the management of Crawford Lake Conservation Area where she further developed her passion for caring for the earth at a deep personal and professional level.
Amy went on to champion a 7-year grassroots campaign to rescue at-risk urban green space from development which led to success with the parkland protected for the people and wildlife of Burlington to enjoy in perpetuity.
It was during this lengthy campaign that Amy discovered a need for an established voice for the environment for all of Burlington, and thus, in 2007, Amy joined a handful of other local citizens, to form BurlingtonGreen Environmental Association.
Amy loves to continually learn, while applying her multi-faceted experience and dedicated hope for the future to her work and all of her collaborations.
As stewards of the earth, we have the responsibility to honour and respect the four directions, land, waters, plants, animals, and all of the wonderful elements of creation that exist.
We honour all the First Nation, Métis and Inuit people who have been living on the land since time immemorial and we recognize their leadership in protecting and caring for Mother Earth.
In Burlington, our work with the community takes place within the Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, represented by Treaty 14 and 19 and on the traditional territories of the Anishinaabeg (Ah-nish-in-nah-beg), Attawandaron (At-tah-wahn-da-ron), Haudenosaunee (Ho-den-oh-sho-nee) and Metis peoples.
We honour these rightful caretakers of this sacred land surrounding the Great Lakes, and we are grateful for their teachings.
We encourage everyone to continually learn from and about the Indigenous community where you live, and how we can each meaningfully honour the calls to action for Truth and Reconciliation.
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